Remedial & Special education blog

I attended the OT workshop on the Kawa Model (Kawa = River) by Prof Michael Iwama. I have to say it is one of the most beautiful OT models about, and is not even restricted to OT. It uses the metaphor that the journey of life is like a river from its source (birth) to the delta (passing on).

While there may be rocks and debris that hinder the flow, where there is water there is life, the sand and riverbanks are the environment and social context of a person. The river may need to divert a bit to continue flowing, or there are difficult times (rapids), but working on dislogging the largest rock may not be the answer to improved flow, you may rather address a few smaller stones and debris. He also highlighted the importance of the influence that each person’s experience has in shaping individual views.

Relevance of this post? I think we sometimes view a child’s difficulties as being caused by one rock, yet one rock seldom halts the flow of a river, look for the debris and stones…..

Occupational Therapist, preferably sensory integration trained, required to set up private practice alongside special needs therapy centre in Gauteng. More details here.

RemSpecED is looking for therapists interested in practicing at the RemSpecED Learning Development Centre. The centre would like to offer the services of Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Psychology, Physiotherapy and Remedial Therapy to children needing learning development support.

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